#CDAC38#CDAC38

#CDAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.135 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC38
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -0.03, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 60.89, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0061 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.135 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6454, 42.7721, 9.8556)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC38 #3859CD

analogous

#CD6138 #CDAC38 #A3CD38

triadic

#CDAC38 #38CDAC #AC38CD

tetradic

#CDAC38 #38CD61 #3859CD #CD38A3

square

#CDAC38 #38CD61 #3859CD #CD38A3

split-complementary

#CDAC38 #38A3CD #6138CD

monochromatic

#6F5C1C #A08528 #CDAC38 #D9C069 #E6D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CDAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC38

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC38	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.135 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c476',
    500: '#cdac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac38;
$custom-light: #e0c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75353,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC38

secondary

#8F9ED1

accent

#68E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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